Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Trio (with flute) No. 30 in F major, Hob. XV:17 (1790)
00:00 - Allegro
09:36 - Tempo di menuetto
Flute - Konrad Hünteler
Pianoforte - Patrick Cohen
Cello - Christophe Coin
"The Trio No. 30 in F major, Hob. 15:17, comprises only two movements. This is the one Haydn sent to Marianne von Genzinger, calling it a 'single bagatelle'. The first movement is in sonata form, the quality of whose development is, however, far from being a mere bagatelle. The same may be said of the 'Tempo di menuetto' finale -- also in sonata form -- which begins rather tamely, but then in many passages suddenly assumes a surprisingly expressive character prefiguring the future London Trios." - Jean-Yves Bras (trans. Derek Yeld)
Painting: Young Girl Singing into a Mirror, Jean-Étienne Liotard